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H. S. RAND.

GATE- APPLICATION FILED MAR. I6. 1920.

1,428,904. v y PatentedSept.12,1922.

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Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

UNITED STATES 1,428,904 Pareri-'rl OFFICE.

HOMER S. RAND, OF PLAINVILLE, KANSAS.

GATE i Application filed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,262.

ticularly designed to form apart of a road-v way for preventing animals from passing thereover at times and which will always permit the passage of a vehicle thereover, but it is of course obvious that the invention may be adapted to be used in connection with railways for preventing animals from trespassing upon the tracks thereof.

Another important object ofthe invention is to provide a device of the above'nature which may be operated to'permit the passage of animals yand animal drawn vehicles.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the above nature which is strong, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and install and is highly efficient in practice.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the description, and wherein like numerals arey employed to' designate like' parts throughout the'several views Figure'l is a top plan of the invention applied to a roadway, i

Figure 2 is a section of the same'taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentaryl top plan'of the invention illustrating 'its position to permit the passage of animals thereover,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary elevation of one of the tread members illustrating the manner of mounting the same. y l

Figure 5 is a fragmentary transverse section taken on the line 5 5' of Fig. '1, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section taken through the tread portion of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 7 designates a roadway having a pit 8 of any suitable dimensions therein, the pit in the present instance being illustrated as cemented. Upon opposite sides of the pit and extending longitudiare supporting beams nally of the roadway which are flush with 9, the upper faces of the roadway as most clearly shown inFig. 2. The upper faceof eachv supporting beam 1s provided with a plurality of slightly spaced" transversely extending recesses 10 which 'are substantially `semi-circular in cross' section to form bearings'for a purpose which'will presently appear. Itis, of course", topbe understoodthat the supporting beams 9 may beformed of cement and integral with the cement pit 8. A vertically disposed guide or guard 11A is secured in4 position upon the outside lof eachsupporting beam 9 and outwardly diverging guides 12 are provided'upon the'ends'of the gui'd'es'lvl.

The tread portion of the device at times,

merely provides longitudinally extendingv side treads whereby only autos, trucks and' the like mayjpass over the gate, while at other times the tread portion may be disposed to provide 'one continuous tread to permit'of the passage of animals and ani'- mal drawn vehicles. A roller of cylindrical member 13 is positioned to oscillate` in each recess'or bearing 10 of the supporting beams 9 land these rollers being alined longitudinally ofthev roadway form a yside tread adjacent each side ofthe roadway. As the guides 11 are disposed upon the outer side of each supporting beam v9, the rollers 13 are prevented to va' certainextent from moving transversely of the roadway or outwardly of the sides thereof. A plank 14 connects each pair of oppositely disposed rollers 13 and forms a vcenter tread which is normally so arranged as to prevent the passage of animals`,*due to the fact that the planks are normally arranged in vertical planes.

The means for'oscillating'the vrollers 18 to arrange the planks 14 inthe same horizontal plane, consists of an operating bar 15 which extends longitudinally of the roadway within `the pit 8 and issupported therein by links 1'6 being secured thereto and pivotally connected with the'pflanks 14. The center portion of this operating bar is provided with an elongated longitudinally extending slot through which extends and is operable therein the crank 17 of a shaft 18 which eX- tends through the pit and transversely of the roadway. The free ends of the shaft 18 are journaled in the sides of the pit as most clearly shown in Figure '5 and one end of the shaft is bent upwardly as shown in Figure 5 to be arranged within a recess 19 in the concrete pit and secured to the lower end of'anoperating lever -The vlever is equipped with the ordinary spring pressed and lever operated pawl which cooperates with a segment 22 secured tol one of thek guides 11. This segment is equipped with a pair of notches so that the lever 20 may be maintained in either position to retain the planks 14: in a horizontal lorvertical 'position. y. e' Y lWhen the device is inuse, its normal position issuch yas's clearly shown iniliig-fv .v .tures 1 and 2, in other words, the planks 14 lin the samerelat'ion and accordingly, autos,

are disposed in vertical planesand are spaced apart so as yto prevent animals from vpassing over the gate. However, A.the rollers 13 constituting the sideltreads kare always arranged trucks and the like may'at all times pass over the gate. I y tioned, that the `rollers .13 are'` relatively short so as to prevent animals from walking n, thereover to pass the that the animalv willrv not attempt to; usel the center tread of the gatewhen it is arranged in vrits normal V.posit-ion, due to the uncertain footing, but should an animal attempt the same, in all probability his legs will ydrop in betweenv the planks 14,v vand frighten .the

animal to such yan extent thatit would not desire to make a second attempt to cross'.

When it .is desired to render the middle treadoperable, sothat animal drawn vev hicles `may passthereover, the lever 20 is swung to cause the lcrank toturn4 and operate .in the slot in the operating bar 15 to cause the latter to move vertically and lony gitudinally of the roadway /whereby vthe I y .rollers are -oscillated i and` the planks 14 swung to be arranged` in the same horizontal'plane, as most clearly shownv in Figs. 3

and 6. As seen inlthese figures, the longitudinaledges of the planks will almost abut,

y and the lanks lwill .form a continuous Hat tread lw ereby animals lmayl safely walk thereon. Whenit is desired to again space the planks i141 and dispose them in vertical planes,l the lever 2O Aisswung to a vertical position .as morevclearly shown inFigf2,

whichzaction will rotate lthe shaftlS and At this point, it maybe mencause the crank to lower. thereby causing the links" 16 to act upon the planks to move them to vertical positions. Y

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings have reference to what might vbeconsidered to be the approved or prei what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v y 1. A stock gate comprising a pair of spaced longitudinally extending side bars having a plurality of transverse upwardly.y

o enin bearings therein' the beari'n s in" said bars being oppositely disposed a roller mounted in each bearing to be partially exposed to form treads, and a plank connecting each pair of oppositely disposed rollers.

2. A stock gate comprising relatively narrow side treads consisting of a plurality of longitudinally alined rollers, and arelatively wide center tread consisting of a plurality of planks each connecting a pair 'of opposite disposed side rollers.

l3. yA stock gate comprising sets of rollers at each side of the gate and which form y relatively narrow treads'y for motory driven vehicles, and slats connecting the rollers of the two sets and normally arranged vertically toprevent the passage of animals. f

4.' A stock gate comprising a'plurality of slats normally arrangedin vertical planes to normally prevent the passage Yof animals thereover, each end vof each slat lbeing provided with a roller, the rollers vat opposite ends of the slatsbeing partly' exposed and forming relatively narrow ytreads for the passage of motor driven vehicles, and means for revolving the rollers and disposing the slats in the same horizontal plane to form a tread for the passageof animals.

In testimony whereof I afHx my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

HOMER S. RAND.

Witnesses:

W. H. BARTLn'rr, l MARGUERITE SPELLMAN. 

